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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 05, 1943
Page
2
Optometrists from Webster Jack and McDonald Sydney will visit Gloucester on Saturday October 0 and may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel. Hours 9 am to 5 pm.
A Patriotic Hall function titled Pate lotic Bali is planned for Monday at the Majestic Theatre with Kit Kat Dance Band and supper for 2/ for ladies, proceeds to benefit the Hetained Soldiers' Ladies' Auxiliary and the War Chest Monthly Canteen Order Fund. Updates on War Chest donations and depot sales follow, plus Majestic programme notices featuring Irene Dunne Cary Grant Beulah Bondi and Edger Buchanan in Penny Serenade and Suspicion. A prisoner of war card from Pte Le G Nell and letters from R B Smith are noted, with the Gloucester District War Chest Fund annual meeting set for Friday at 8 pm and committee elections.
Gulf notes cover a Wednesday draw for the Assbbatea game amid local sports chatter. It lists players and matches including Middlebrook v Woollard, Ungaworth v Frost, Hodgen v Cavaneigh, and other pairings, alongside wartime personal notes and village family news.
The infant child of Corporal Ng Lu and Mrs Holltingsworth died after being taken to Ninvenatie. Messages praised returned soldiers and a social gathering noted three men home on leave after fighting in New Guinea. A Gloucester Red Cross Society and War Chest Fund fundraiser raised £50 from ticket sales.
Ranway guards from metropolitan and county depots in Sydney warned they would halt operations for 24 hours at main depots to stage mass meetings if their industrial claims are not recognised by Prime Minister Curtin after a Sunday meeting.
Mr J T Lang and an easy win over opponents secure the Auburn seat in the Legislative Assembly. The victory revives Lang's position and strengthens support amid the Federal election contest.
Dalgety and Co will offer WE Tabulum 1000 head of cattle on Friday next October 8 at 1 o clock sharp. The lot includes Hereford yearlings three years, Hereford grown and younger stock, Hereford weaners, and mixed cattle.
A Gloucester Stratford farm near Stratford shows a superior pasture improvement with subterranean clover sown fourteen years ago by Mr Frank Williams. The Mid Season variety yields rich forage in late season on clay soil, while another variety Barley Brain underperforms. Subdivided fields enable frequent pasture changes, boosting animal health and farm profits. Williams’ price is cited as reasonable by junior farmers.
The report lists weights for multiple races at Kerombach including Flying Handicap Maiden Handicap Novice Handicap Krambarh Handicap Approved Hayle Race and Final Handicap to be run on Saturday in October. Notable entries include Sunray Welcome Tom Danny Boy Tony Beirut Austerity Slippery Kamile Rose Flight Bay Boy and Mandrake with varying weights and handicaps.
Commercial auction at Maitland reported 700 fat cattle including cows, bulls and steers with heifers lighter. Prices opened lower for bullocks and cows but firmed later. top cows reached about 28 7s, good to 20, plain and light 18 10, yearlings to 11 6, others 4 5 to 7 5. Pigs and stores also sold in heavy supply with bacon pigs keenly contested and backfasters reaching 16 0, heavies 11 8, lights 7 0 to 8 8, porkers 5 4 to 5 0, stores up to 6 0, suckers 15 to 28 6.
Mrs J J Herkes died at her home in Willoughby on Sunday after a long illness. She and her husband formerly ran a business in Wingham before retiring to the city. The funeral was held Thursday at Chatswood. Surviving are her husband, brothers Charles Thomas Abbott Dungog G A Abbott Tayes R A W T Dungog, and sisters Mia Andrew Laurie Gloucester Mya Walter Muscio Glenthorne and Mrs Meank Stivens Neutral Bay. Deep sympathy to the bereaved.
The Park Courts tennis tournament is postponed due to unsettled weather. Reverend H. Row of Wingham will visit Gloucester as a missionary deputation for the Assembly and conduct services. Baptismal services are planned for Sunday the 5th before the Jubilee Commission Service led by the State Moderator at 11 am. The Jubilee Fund misses its £100 target by £2 8s 8d. The Jubilee folder is with printers for subscribers. Rev D Glyn Jones
Fragmented weekly church notes describe an upcoming Gloucester Methodist Church evening service starting next Sunday in October with four soloists. It also notes the church anniversary, financial appeals to reduce debt, and plans for a flower show aided by a diocesan subsidy offer.
Reports to the potato sector indicate limited production due to a shortage of workers and equipment. The communication cites reduced harvesting capacity and aging gear as key factors affecting output.
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